Charles was born in 1995 in Malestroit
(the nearest town to La Grée) at the end of our summer vacation
that year in
Brittany near Brocéliande. Our little world gelled around Charlie from his day
one.
He was such a kind little boy, and each of his brothers and sister doted on him
unashamedly. The two were perhaps not unconnected!
On the left, here's the happy chap at one year old, in the bathtub in La Grée.
We moved into La Bellanderie, our second
home, when he was about six months old, and here he is in the kitchen soon
after.
Here he is below at Le Tahu in
September 1995 getting a well-deserved bottle from his
dad.
And here he is with his maman at a café
in Brittany in September 1996.
The balloons were at Disneyland in Anaheim in 1998.
Check out the
hair!!
On the left, we find him giving his father instructions at Legoland, near
Marlow in the UK, in December
1996. Sixteen months old, and he already knows how to get what he wants!
On the left again, on his playmat in La
Bellanderie at the age of six months.
"This is fun!"
We moved to Santa Cruz before Charlie's second birthday. It's a requirement for
children who live in Santa
Cruz County to become obsessed with boards (but not the black ones!).
Charlie picked up the desire by osmosis (or should I say from Alban!?),
and the photo below was taken soon after he started skateboarding upright around
April 1999. He did not turn four until August of that year.
This was a good indicator of the way that he would evolve. Here is
Charles growing older.
Below left, here he is at 18 months in the entryway at La Bellanderie. His
maman really likes this one.
And finally, blow right, we have Mr. Cool in February 1998, age two and a half.
Check out those shades!!
